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“And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one in twenty viewers actually had a bad reaction. And it was mostly kids who were affected. I mean younger than you guys. I think the average age was about ten.' That made me feel somewhat better. But that was a kid's show,' said Jen. 'Maybe it affects everyone, but not that many adults were watching.' That made me feel less better. I wanted my protective bangs back.”

Thinking Knows Feels Should Mean Made Said Shows Kids Age Wanted Guy Ten Safe Adults Twenties Average Reactions Affected Viewers Bangs Protective

Author:Scott Westerfeld

“That mirror, that's one I hate to let go, he said. That was my daughter's the whole time she was growing up. It probably seen her more than me--everything from a baby up to twenty years old. Sometimes I wonder if all that might still be inside it. Got to make an impression on a thing, reflecting the same person every day.”

Ifs Years Persons Said Stills Sometimes Whole Might Hate Wonder Growing Up Growing Baby Letting Go Daughter I Hate Twenties Mirrors Impression My Daughter Reflecting Sometimes I Wonder

Author:David Wroblewski

“She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet backwards, right into Nico's sword. "Nice one," Paul said. "When did you learn to fire a shotgun?" I demanded. My mom blew the hair out of her face. "About two seconds ago. Percy, we'll be fine. Go!”

Said Two Hands Faces Fire Nice Feet Hair Fine Mom Twenties My Mom Monsters Giants Seconds Backwards Blast Umbrella Pumps Shotguns

Author:Rick Riordan

“But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So..." "... you're just going to jump their fence and their pool," I finished for her. Silence. Then Jamie said, "It's twenty-five degrees! In December! Do you know what this means?" "The apocalypse?”

Knows Mean Said Silence Five Saws Degrees Twenties Finished Do You Know Pool Apocalypse Fence December Twenty Five Jamie Blake

Author:Sarah Dessen

“You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.”

Ifs Knows Said Faces Thousand Twenties Forgiving Dollars Rose Nerves Your Face Propositions Forgive Me

Author:Agatha Christie

“Well, it's like I have a GPS inside me," I told them. "One of the talking ones. I tell it where I want to go, and it tells me, Go twenty miles, turn left, take Exit Ninety-fourm and so one. It can be pretty bossy, frankly. Their eyes widened. "Really?" said one. No you idiot," I said in disgust. "I don't know how it works. I just know it has an unfailing ability to point me in the opposite direction of a bunch of boneheads.”

Knows Want Wells Said Eye Turns Left Ability Talking Know How Opposites Twenties Miles Bunch Idiot Disgusting Ninety Exit Bossy Gps

Author:James Patterson

“I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the new library. Hello, my life, I said. We had once been married for twenty-seven years, so I felt justified. He said, What? What life? No life of mine.”

Years Said Felt Steps Saws Streets Mines Husband Married Sitting Twenties Seven Library Hello Justified Exes Seven Years Ex Husband

Book:The Collected Stories

Source: The Collected Stories

“You know," Shane said twenty minutes later, "I'd feel a whole lot better about the two of us if you didn't think I was the go-to guy for breaking and entering.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Feels Said Two Whole Guy Minutes Twenties Entering Shane Two Of Us Breaking And Entering

Book:Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires

Source: Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires

“Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.” Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. “Thank you, Cam.” “What are you thinking?” Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. “You can’t trust Beatrix’s judgment.” “Why not?” “She’s too young,” Leo said. “I’m twenty-three,” Beatrix protested. “In dog years I’d be dead.”

Thinking Years Said Law Young Three Dog Brother Husband Judgment Twenties Brilliant Why Not In-laws Brother In Law

Author:Lisa Kleypas

“Egypt is the First Nome. New York is the twenty-first. What’s the last one, the Three-hundred-and-sixtieth?” “That would be Antarctica,” Zia said. “A punishment assignment. Nothing there but a couple of cold magicians and some magic penguins.” “Magic penguins?” “Don’t ask.”

Firsts Said Would Be Lasts Three Asks Magic New York Cold Couple Hundred Twenties Punishment Egypt Magician Assignments Penguins Antarctica

Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

“He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to lift my bag. "My God," he said. "What happened?" "I found out one may check out twenty books at a time from the school library.”

May Long Said Book Whole Moments Body School Found Happened Twenties Library Shoulders Checks Lifts Bags School Library

Book:A Certain Slant of Light

Source: A Certain Slant of Light

“Cursing herself, she said, "I'm going to man up here. I'm going to so be twenty-one. You're not going to believe how tight in the head I'm going to be. Really. For real.”

Men Believe Said Real Twenties Twenty One Cursing

Book:J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8

Source: J.R. Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood Novels 5-8

“A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.”

Feels Said Moments Inspire Twenties Seven Affection Pausing Marianne Dashwood

Book:Sense and Sensibility:: A Novel. In Three Volumes

Source: Sense and Sensibility:: A Novel. In Three Volumes

“- and how time flies! What, has it already been twenty years, already forty years that we are together? Why, how terrible! We haven't yet said all we wanted to say to each other... May we have a little respite, or else may we be allowed to begin all over again!”

Years May Littles Said Wanted Together Havens Terrible Twenties Forty Time Flies Respite How Time Flies

Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.”

Has Beens Said Two Hours Four Civilization Twenties Meals Barbarism Civil Society Barbarity

Author:Neil Gaiman

“You know, I don’t get why Fred and George only got three O.W.L.s each,” said Harry, watching as Fred, George, and Lee collected gold from the eager crowd. “They really know their stuff. . . .” “Oh, they only know flashy stuff that’s no real use to anyone,” said Hermione disparagingly. “No real use?” said Ron in a strained voice. “Hermione, they’ve got about twenty-six Galleons already. . . .”

Knows Said Real Use Three Stuff Voice Six Gold Twenties Crowds Hermione Flashy Fred And George

Author:J. K. Rowling

“From the essay "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again" 1. Journalists sometimes make things up. 2. Journalists sometimes get things wrong. 3. Almost all books that are published as memoirs were initially written as novels, and then the agent/editor said, This might work better as a memoir. 6. Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.”

People Men Said Book Sometimes Might Novel Five Written Capacity Twenties Presses Memoir Agents Journalist Editors Shocking Essays Twenty Five Freedom Of The Press

Author:Nora Ephron

“Will an hour be enough?” An hour implied that I needed a lot of help. “I’ll see what I can do,” I said coolly. I was ready in twenty minutes.”

Said I Can Enough Helping Can Do Hours Minutes Ready Needed Twenties Implied

Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

“The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are twenty thousand men, women and children in the bagnios of Algiers alone. I am not going to make it twenty thousand and one because your mother didn't allow you to keep rabbits, or whatever is at the root of your unshakable fixation." "I had weasels instead," said Philippa shortly. "Good God," said Lymond, looking at her. "That explains a lot.”

Men Children Said Christian Mother Thousand Sitting Europe Built Roots Twenties Slave Jew Coast Jungle Rabbits Palaces Men Women Good God Unshakable Fixation Weasels Moors Renegades

Author:Dorothy Dunnett

“And yet day and night meet fleetingly at twilight and dawn," he said, lowering his voice again and narrowing his eyes and moving his head a quarter of an inch closer to hers. "And their merging sometimes affords the beholder the most enchanted moments of all the twenty four hours. A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.”

Said Soul Sometimes Moments Eye Moving Night Passion Voice Hours Four Twenties Dawn His Eyes Sunset Quarters Yearning Inches Twilight Sunrise Brilliance Day And Night Enchanted Beholder Merging

Author:Mary Balogh

“…I'm sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be formed, for good or evil. I don't feel that it's what it should be. It's full of flaws.' 'So's everybody's,' said Aunt Jamesina cheerfully. 'Mine's cracked in a hundred places. Your Miss Stacy likely meant that when you are twenty your character would have got its permanent bent in one direction or 'tother, and would go on developing in that line.”

Source: The Complete Novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery - 20 Titles in One Volume: Including Anne of Green Gables Series, Emily Starr Trilogy, The Blue Castle, The Story Girl & Pat of Silver Bush Series: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Ingleside, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Emily of New Moon, The Golden Road, Magic for Marigold, A Tangled Web, Jane of Lantern Hill & many more

“There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on the floor, whatever." Octavian read the scroll. "This says, 'Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die'." "Yes," Mars said. "Is that not clear?" "Well, my lord...usually prophecies are unclear. They're wrapped in riddles. They rhyme, and..." Mars casually popped another grenade off his belt. "Yes?" "The prophecy is clear!" Octavian announced. "A quest!”

Writing Wells Said Book Dies Lord Clear Twenties Add Finished Fourth Quests Mars Prophecy Rhyme Belts June Alaska Riddle Grenade Unclear Thanatos Engrave Octavian

Author:Rick Riordan

“I don’t see any police cars.” “They probably had to park a couple blocks over. Anyway, as I was saying, I noticed illegal substances in the hands of a few guests.” “So?” she snapped. “It’s a party.” “Alcohol is illegal under the age of twenty-one.” “Great!” Marcie shouted. “What am I going to do?” She paused, then raised her voice again. “You probably called them!” “Who, me?” Vee said. “And lose the free food? No way.”

Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale

“No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.”

Thinking Needs Said Dating Twenties Honestly Good Times More Time Like Her Had A Good Time

Author:David Levithan

“The people who invented the twenty-first century were pot-smoking, sandal-wearing hippies from the West Coast like Steve, because they saw differently,” he said. "The hierarchical systems of the East Coast, England, Germany, and Japan do not encourage this different thinking. The sixties produced an anarchic mind-set that is great for imagining a world not yet in existence.”

People Thinking World Mind Firsts Said Different Existence Saws Century England Twenties West East Germany Smoking Japan Pot Sixty Coast 1960s Hippie Mind Set West Coast East Coast Sandals

Book:Steve Jobs

Source: Steve Jobs

“If I might make a suggestion,” said Will. “About twenty paces behind us, in the Council room, is Benedict. If you’d like to go back in there and try kicking him, I recommend aiming upward and a bit to the left—”

Ifs Trying Said Might Left Bits Rooms Behinds Twenties Pace Suggestions Council Kicking Infernal Devices

Book:Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“'Cause I'm just - I want to go to Amsterdam, and I want him to tell me what happens after the book is over, and I just don't want my particular life, and also the sky is depressing me, and there is this old swing set out here that my dad made for me when I was a kid.' 'I must see this old swing set of tears immediately,' he said. 'I'll be over in twenty minutes.'”

Want Made Said Book Happens Kids Causes Sky Minutes Tears Particular Dad Twenties My Dad Swings Depressing Want Him Amsterdam Swing Sets

Author:John Green

“It's total bullshit," he said. "The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he's in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such a bright kid. It's bullshit. I hate it. But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?”

Said Whole Kids Hate Survival Percent I Hate Twenties Rate Privilege Bullshit Eighty

Book:The Fault in Our Stars

Source: The Fault in Our Stars

“It's the twenty-first century." I told Tank. "Women drive." "Only in my bed," Tank said. "Never in my car.”

Firsts Said Century Car Bed Twenties Tanks

Book:To the Nines

Source: To the Nines

“A—ris—ta?” Degan asked, sounding horse. “What is it?” “A rat bit me,” she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. “Jasper does that if—” Gaunt coughed and hacked. After a moment, he spoke again. “If he thinks you’re dead or too weak to fight.” “Jasper?” “I call him that, but I’ve also named the stones in my cell.” “I only counted mine,” Arista said. “Two hundred and thirty-four,” Degan replied instantly. “I have two hundred and twenty-eight.” “Did you count the cracked ones as two?” “No.”

Ifs Thinking Doe Said Two Moments Fighting Bits Voice Four Mines Hundred Stones Weak Horse Twenties Eight Cells Thirty Spokes Rats Shocked Cracked Hacked

Author:Michael J. Sullivan

“Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later, she had Dorothy convinced that it was for a school project, and she really did not have to telephone Kami's parents.”

Said Book School Parent Minutes Projects Twenties Convinced Telephones Librarian Satanism

Author:Sarah Rees Brennan

“Twenty-six,” you said. “One for each day we’ve been together, Min.”Somebody oohed. Somebody shushed them. “And I hope that someday I’ll do another something stupid and I’ll have to say it a million times because that’s how long it’ll be, together with you, Min. With you.”

Long Said Together Millions Stupid Six Twenties Each Day Someday Together With You

Author:Daniel Handler

“Do people in the twenty-first century still dance?" My heart beat thundered in my ears, far louder than the slow music. "Um," I said, barely able to swallow, my throat had gone so dry. "Sometimes." "How about now?" he asked. And then his strong arms were encircling my waist, his breath soft against my cheek as he gently whispered my name: "Susannah. Susannah...”

People Firsts Heart Said Stills Sometimes Able Names Strong Gone Century Arms My Heart Beats Ears Twenties Breaths Dry Throat Cheeks Heart Beat Strong Arms

Author:Meg Cabot

“How did the hearing go?” she asked. “We won, sort of,” Kaldar said. “We die at dawn.” “The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,” William corrected. “Yes, but ‘we die at dawn the day after tomorrow’ doesn’t sound nearly as dramatic.” “Does it have to be dramatic all the time?” Catherine murmured. “Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine is making melodramatic statements.”

Doe Said Dies Courses Sound Hours Four Talent Mines Tomorrow Twenties Court Hearing Statements Dawn Dramatic

Author:Ilona Andrews

“"I've been thinking," Brooklyn said as I gawked at the god sitting next to me, "if you get all lovey-dovey and decide to elope to Las Vegas where Jared uses his powers to clean up at the poker tables and you guys buy a mansion in the Manzano Mountains with twenty-seven rooms and decide - because you're rich and all - to buy a new computer, can I have your iMac then?"... "Um, no, you're not getting my iMac." "Dang."”

Ifs Thinking Said Use Guy Next Rooms Rich Mountain Computer Sitting Twenties Tables Clean Seven Vegas Las Vegas Brooklyn Mansions Imac

Author:Darynda Jones

“Don't you think you're quite young?' 'I'm twenty-one,' said Brida. 'If I wanted to start learning ballet, I'd be conseidered too old.”

Ifs Thinking Said Wanted Young Twenties Ballet Twenty One Brida

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Other pirates leaped over the railing. One, two... seven... thirteen. A baker’s dozen. Wait, fifteen. Eighteen... Twenty-one. The odds weren’t in our favor. “Maybe they just came over to borrow a cup of sugar,” I said. Andrea barked a short laugh. Curran put his hand on my shoulder. “That’s a lot of sugar. Must be a big cake.”

Said Two Hands Bigs Waiting Laughing Twenties Seven Favors Shoulders Cups Cake Sugar Dozen Odds Fifteen Pirate Eighteen Twenty One Thirteen Bakers Andrea Short Laugh

Book:Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel

Source: Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel

“She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her social worker said I had to tell her. I had to tell her she would die, so I told her she was going to heaven. She asked if I would be there, and I said that I would not, not yet. But eventually, she said, and I promised that yes, of course, very soon. And I told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. And she asked me when I would be there, and I told her soon. Twenty-two years ago.”

“'The best thing about hunting and fishing,' the Old Man said, 'is that you don't have to actually do it to enjoy it. You can go to bed every night thinking about how much fun you had twenty years ago, and it all comes back clear as moonlight.'”

Source: Old Man’s Boy Grows Up

“But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said what he felt. He [Capablanca] wanted to change the rules [of chess] already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorisation and prearrangement. It's a terrible game now. Very uncreative.”

Mind Said Wanted Games Felt Terrible Right Now Twenties Chess Spokes Capablanca

Author:Bobby Fischer

“Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.”

People Knows Way Writing Said Song Felt Simple Saws Love You Wind Twenties Wings Seven Beach Songwriting Loved Ones

Author:Bette Midler

“Well I’ve been doing it for about twenty years, I did films when I was a little kid, when I was about six or seven, I was in films and I had this really high voice, I did a series called Dinobabies, that was my first one. And then after that I did Madeline, yeah so it just kind of happened and then never went away. Then everyone said your voice is going to change and you’ll be out... No, no, still on helium.”

Years Firsts Wells Kind Littles Said Stills Kids Film Voice Happened Six Twenties Yeah Series Seven Little Kid Helium Madeline

Author:Andrea Libman

“The world looks very different to me now at twenty. I have outgrown my early opinions and ideals with my short dresses, just as Mrs. Walton said we would. Now the critics can say 'Thou waitest till thy woman's fingers wrought the best that lay within thy woman's heart.'”

World Looks Heart Said Different Opinion Ambition Ideals Twenties Dresses Lays Fingers Critics

Author:Annie Fellows Johnston